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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Fortune
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'A tale of passion and pursuit, Fortune is the story of Don Spargo, a modern explorer who finds a sunken treasure ship off the West Australian coast and becomes a folk hero, a lover, and a hunted and haunted man. Suspenseful, satirical and deeply moving, this novel challenges the nature of reality and legend in those scenes of modern conflict – from the media to art, from politics to crime – that have obsessed the Western individual since World War II.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin 2001 ed.).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 1986 .
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      Extent: 253p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 17th November 1986
      ISBN: 0330270729
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Picador , 1987 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: port.
      ISBN: 0330270613
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2001 .
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      Extent: 253p.p.
      ISBN: 0141007974

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  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Fortune Telling Robert Drewe , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 June 2011; (p. 22)
In the Service of Complex Truths : The Aims and Art of Robert Drewe's Fiction Michael Ackland , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 26-41)
A discussion of Robert Drewe's repeated questioning in his writings of notions of 'truth'.
The (Un)Changing Landscape of Robert Drewe's Australian `Hero' Maureen Lynch Percopo , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australia's Changing Landscapes : Proceedings of the Second EASA Conference : Sitges, Barcelona, October 1993 1995; (p. 131-138)
From Gossip to Myth Robert Drewe , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 51 1992; (p. 10-13)
Bringing the Beach to Book : Robert Drewe Nikki Barrowclough , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 18 November 1989; (p. 68-72)
Reworking John Cameron Emery , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , December no. 33 1986; (p. 24)

— Review of Fortune Robert Drewe , 1986 single work novel
Distinctive But Saddened Peter Pierce , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 November 1986; (p. 49)

— Review of Fortune Robert Drewe , 1986 single work novel
Drewe : Kinship of Skills Michael Costigan , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 22-23 November 1986; (p. 15)

— Review of Fortune Robert Drewe , 1986 single work novel
Exposed to the Buffets of Fortune Mark Thomas , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 December 1986; (p. B3)

— Review of Fortune Robert Drewe , 1986 single work novel
Join the Dots to Find a Giraffe with Three Heads, Twelve Legs Rod Jones , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 1986; (p. 12)

— Review of Fortune Robert Drewe , 1986 single work novel
In the Service of Complex Truths : The Aims and Art of Robert Drewe's Fiction Michael Ackland , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 26-41)
A discussion of Robert Drewe's repeated questioning in his writings of notions of 'truth'.
Bringing the Beach to Book : Robert Drewe Nikki Barrowclough , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 18 November 1989; (p. 68-72)
Fortune Telling Robert Drewe , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 June 2011; (p. 22)
1987 National Book Council Awards for Australian Literature. The Shortlist : A Survey Kerryn Goldsworthy , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 88 1987; (p. 4-6)
From Gossip to Myth Robert Drewe , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 51 1992; (p. 10-13)
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